Middle East
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Timing new transhipment
Regional projects that target the transhipment market have slowed in the last two years. 18 Oct 2011 - Port Strategy
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The sleeping giant that is Saudi Arabia
Regional giant Saudi Arabia lacks modern port capacity for a country of its size, location and wealth. 17 Oct 2011 - Port Strategy
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Shifting sands
The focus of Middle East port development has shifted from transhipment capacity to addressing specific domestic bottlenecks. Karen Thomas reports 16 Oct 2011 - Port Strategy
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Jebel Ali maintains position despite downturn
Once clearly streets ahead as a regional port, Jebel Ali took a hit in the economic downturn, with decline in origin and destination cargo being more pronounced in Dubai than in other Emirates ports. 12 Nov 2010 - Port Strategy
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Leadership race
Alex Hughes asks which port will be ‘just right’ to play the part of Middle East superport 10 Nov 2010 - Port Strategy
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Too little, too late
Israel’s softly, softly approach to reformation could be its downfall. Mike Mundy reports 15 Oct 2010 - Port Strategy
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Gulftainer invests in the future
United Arab Emirates-based Gulftainer is optimistic that throughput at its Sharjah Container Terminal "may show some growth" this year in defiance of the global downturn. 28 Oct 2009 - Port Strategy
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Throughput boost for Syria's TICT
Syria's Tartous International Container Terminal (TICT) recorded a 44% increase in container throughput during the first six months of the year over the same period in 2008 and is gearing up for a further increase in volume and vessel calls over the coming months, according to Romeo Salvador, TICT general manager and chief executive. 27 Oct 2009 - Port Strategy
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By-passing the Gulf
Are port infrastructure development projects aimed at placing Saudi Arabia as the transhipment hub of the Middle East? Patrik Wheater reports 26 Oct 2009 - Port Strategy
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Ships for the desert
The Middle East is known for both areas of political volatility and large infrastructure projects, and both are combining to motivate one development that would be the mother of them all - a giant canal across the desert that could handle both oil tankers and freight ships. 27 Nov 2008 - Port Strategy
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Kuwait battles on
Kuwait also has its possibilities - and its problems. Easily one of the richest nations on earth, Kuwait collapsed as the region's premier trade hub in the 1970s after the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran war, and Iraq's 1990 invasion. 26 Nov 2008 - Port Strategy
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Construction pushes port projects
Ports of the United Arab Emirates are engaged in a flurry of activities to upgrade equipment and facilities on the back of an economic boom which has seen ports clogged up with both domestic products and construction materials.
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Finding a foothold
Can the Middle East maintain its grip on financial stability while all around lose theirs? Stevie Knight investigates
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One to watch
While Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Fujairah and Sharjah have led the way in port development in the United Arab Emirates,Ras Al Khaimah has played something of a secondary role. However, rising cargo volumes have prompted the Emirate to announce the development a second port facility costing ¢ 23m. 01 Nov 2006 - Port Strategy
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Middle Eastern riches
The Gulf is a hotbed of port development as nations vie for cargo business.Alex Hughes makes sense of the frantic pace 01 Nov 2006 - Port Strategy
